Don’t close the White room yet!

Interesting night of television. First off we found out that TJ is absolutely insane. But in a good way. KEEP HER IN!!! Secondly, we had the boring reveal of the couple and Mr X. I wonder what Billy’s reward is? Probably become a housemate, although I wouldn’t know if thats a good or a bad thing.

The highlight of the night was of course the auction in the White room, and we all now know that Cruz soooooo jumped the gun. OMG, $750, what are you thinking?! I was waiting for Kara to instantly hit it after Cruz hit it, cause she seems like she can’t handle it. Anyway, Wednesday night it’ll all be over anyway, what a waste. Should’ve kept it going for a month. Hopefully the 2 that don’t get into the house will get some decent money. I was about to turn it off when he came into the house, and into the rewards room. I didn’t realise they were simply showing him what he will miss out on. A nice idea, especially so the housemates (proper) could see him for a quick second.

Alright, one last thing. Kate needs to go. Badly. Jamie might also be on the chopping block, but Jamie is one of those underdogs you have to get behind. Should be interesting, I think he’ll become a real favourite in the crowd because of his nerd like qualities.

So who do I hope will be nominated? KATE (she needs to go badly), TJ probably will also be put up, and Jamie. I don’t think Emma will use her new power tomorrow night because Kate will already be on the block. We’ll see I suppose….

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Day 8

7:44pm: Housemates are in the bedroom watching the White room feed. All wildcard contestants are standing around the button. He offers the group $500 to hit the red button, and no one takes it. When Big Brother offers $750 Cruz hits the button, and the housemates realise that he has taken some kind of offer. Cruz says goodbye to all his wildcard mates. A ninja comes in and grabs Cruz. Kara is incontrolable. Cruz is led into the house, and into the rewards room to get a quick glance of the housemates. Demet says that Kara perhaps just needed an excuse to really cry. Big Brother gathers the main housemates back on the couch. Big Brother reveals to the house that they have a chance to win money for the prize pool each week by completing the weekly task. Big Brother tells them that the first task was worth $50,000. Big Brother reveals that 10 housemates had the same task, to uncover the secret relationship in the house. Big Brother asks Hayley to stand up and reveal who is in a relationship with her. Everyone is shocked, even moreso when she says that her boyfriend is Andrew. Everyone is shocked, and Bodie is wrapped that he picked it! Big Brother then tells the housemates that because 3 people correctly guessed they have passed this week’s task. Thomas can’t believe it!

8:27pm: Big Brother has again gathered the housemates on the couch. He reveals that their is infact another relationship in the house. He says that one person was sent into the house to make Andrew and Hayley’s job more difficult. It’s again up to Hayley to reveal that Billy is her ex-boyfriend. Andrew laughs! TJ can’t believe it and wonders if he was the one that turned gay. Billy goes to talk to Big Brother to enquire about what he can and can’t talk about. Jamie reveals to the house how he found out who the couple was. He says that what confirmed it was that the back of their photos had the same code on them! Zoran wonders what pissed Andrew off the most, but Hayley says that she hated TJ giving him a head massage on the first night. TJ hears this from the kitchen.

9:34pm: Sussanah and Kate are in the bedroom. Sussanah thinks that people will freak out by the news. Thomas and Hayley are hugging and laughing out by the spa. Sussanah in the bedroom comes to talk to TJ. Back outside, the guys wonder if anyone is pissed off. They doubt it. As TJ joins everyone outside, she says to Sussanah she just thinks that it’s weird. TJ calls her comment about the head massage out on Hayley, and Hayley walks away saying ‘this is weird.’ Hayley tells Rebecca that she is pissed off because she can’t understand why TJ is angry at her. Rebecca comforts Hayley, and Hayley says ‘she can go and get stuffed.’ TJ comes into the bedroom to find Hayley, and waits while she is in the bathroom. Back outside, Travis thinks the tension has gone out of the house now. Emma says that they want no more twists like that. TJ grabs Hayley out of the bathroom and they talk over their disagreement and they sort things out and hug. They go back and rejoin the rest of the housemates outside. They all have drinks and do a few toasts to the new couple. Billy decides that Hayley, Andrew should go with him to the diary room. Once there, Andrew says it’s so nice to have this off his chest. He says that Billy is an awesome bloke. Hayley even says that she has new found respect for Billy as well through this task. Billy says it was great to be able to make friends with Andrew before he knew who ‘exactly’ he was.

11:01pm: Hayley is chatting to Sussanah and Rebecca and says that she is glad that she didn’t know everyone had a secret mission. Hayley says that Andrew is the guy she wants to marry. She tells the girls how they ‘stole’ kisses in the bathroom etc. She says they were very careful not to get caught.

12:16am: Andrew and Bill swap beds so Hayley and Andrew can sleep next to each other. In the chillout room, Rebecca and Kate watch as TJ moves around the kitchen hiding cutlery. They laugh a lot trying to figure out why. Back in the bedroom Hayley says she wants to marry Andrew, and Andrew replies “if your lucky”.

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Give me something new!!

I was wondering if anyone else is starting to grow tired of the same old formulas being repeated year after year after Year on Big Brother Australia?

According to the BehindBigBrother website and other reports from the media, last years UK BB intruder Shilpa Shetty will be entering the Australian Big Brother house later in the 2007 series. If this does eventuate, it surely brings up questions of the ability of the BB writers/producers to come up with some new stuff??

I have been an avid fan of Aussie BB since it started back in 2001. My own view on the series is that it was much more fun to watch when it was simple, without the over elaborate twists and turns that we are accustomed to seeing on a dramatic daytime soap opera.

BB Australia was definitely more popular with audiences back in the first few years (but i don’t have stats. here sorry!) i’d say from 2001 – 2003.

In the last few seasons, the producers seem to have tried to jazz everything up and make it more glamourous and spectacular. From what i can see, the majority of the contestants (not all though) of the last few years are lacking an element of ‘variety’ (most of the guys from this year’s BB looked the same/ wore the same clothes, and 6 of the 7 girls have blonde hair).

Thinking back to 2001, we had a Jemma, as well as a Todd, a Johnny, a Chrissy, a Sara Marie, a Ben, a Blair and a Pete.. they were all Different! They reflected different types and characters, from ‘all walks of life’.. isn’t that what the promo’s of 2007 were promising?

In order to bring back the audience.. wheather you’re 16 or 49 (whatever the target audience is these days!) i think that the producers should indeed keep it real. Focus less on the spectacular, the drama and the UK intruders from Last year. Lighten up the storylines, focus more on the Real.. (this is reality TV after all and not Soap?), and maybe get some Brand New Aussie celebrities into the house instead? How funny would that be? I hope BB 07 shaped out to be better than the last 2 seasons..

That’s all folks

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Day 5

9:29pm: Emma and Aleisha are in the diary room, and Big Brother lets them through to the rewards room for the first time. They jump around, while Big Brother tells all other housemates to go to the bedroom. Soon after, the dividing wall between the bedroom and the rewards room is revealed, and they all get to see the feast available to the rewards room housemates. Big Brother tells Emma to open one box for a prize. She picks box number two, and wins a holiday. The housemates in the main house have the clouded screen back up, but Aleisha yells loud enough so they can hear what she won. They decide to start eating while the other housemates watch, but then the glass is quickly clouded over. They tuck into the feast available to them. Aleisha and Emma talk about who to give chores to who.

Meanwhile out at the spa, everyone else says that Travis did well. Travis says he would have rathered go out early than get that fair and miss out on that. Emma says that everyone had said that the person who came second should get invited into the rewards room, but Emma says she just wanted to pick someone who she would get along with. Out at the spa the housemates are saying it’s great to be able to take whoever you want. Big Brother calls Emma and Aleisha to the diary room. Big Brother informs them that this year, while people are in the rewards room they are allowed to discuss nominations. They are told not to tell anyone.

10:54pm: Emma and Aleisha are back in the rewards room and they immediately talk about nominations. Aleisha says that she has been thinking about it a lot. Emma says she will nominate Kate because shes insensitive, on her high horse and she feels like she is above everyone else. Emma also says thatshe would nominate Jamie. Aleisha says she would nominate exactly the same, saying that Jamie never gets involved in group conversations. Aleisha says that he is cool when they are one and one, but in a group he doesn’t say a word.

In the kitchen, Kate and TJ are saying that Emma had that determination to win. Back in the rewards room, Aleisha says that she is a bit concerned about Hayley. Emma says that Hayley is going to play the game and nominate that way, whereas Emma says she is just nominating based on not liking them. Outside Kate wonders if Thomas would pash Hayley. Thomas says he wouldn’t pash anyone in the house out of respect for his ex girlfriends. The girls in the rewards room talk about Thomas. They both agree that he’s a bit soapy, and that they prefer their men to be ‘real men.’ Back in the house, Andrew and Hayley quickly get a chance to talk in the bedroom. They sit together on the couch. Hayley explains that she has been flirting with Thomas because she knew he wouldn’t do anything. Andrew tells her not to kiss anyone, saying he thought she tried, or Bodie tried to kissed her the other night. Thomas comes in so they move the conversation onto a different path and invite him to come and have a chat. Thomas says he’s not going to interrupt them because they look cute, they would make a good couple.

1:21am: Most housemates are on the couch. TJ and Thomas are having an argument. Kate tells Thomas that he has the ‘air of a liar.’ Thomas says he’s as honest as anything. TJ can’t believe that, and says that he needs to clean up his act. Thomas tells TJ that she is a very ‘loud mouthed Darwin person who thinks if they talk loudly enough they’ll get what they want.” Aleisha giggles in the background! Thomas says that if his flirtations have been taken the wrong way, and he apologises. TJ says that he is being hypocritical. Meanwhile in the bedroom, Billy says that it’s getting really interesting in the house and that they are only at the 6 day mark. Zoran agrees, saying that they’ll be so many cracks and different groups within a few weeks. Back outside, Thomas again whispers an apology to Hayley for leading her on. Hayley admits she was fine with it, and that TJ had just gone ‘over the top, crazy.’ Thomas decides to head over and apologise to TJ once again, but before he even reaches her she starts chanting “Don’t even bother.” Thomas finally apologises for calling her a ‘loud mouthed Darwin.’ She goes onto say that Thomas is just a big city boy, and he doesn’t know what he’s dealing with. TJ then says that she’s had enough of him. TJ has a smirk on her face, and then Aleisha makes her laugh loudly when she asks “TJ, if I ever get on your bad side can you tell me what I did before you get angry.” TJ whipsers to her that it’s just a joke, and she’ll let him know tomorrow if she feels like it.

2:29am: Aleisha and Emma are in the rewards room saying they never want to get on the wrong side of TJ. In the bedroom as everyone settles into bed, TJ says goodnight to the room. Back in the rewards room, Emma comments that Thomas got his head ripped off tonight. She also says that Kate was talking to her tonight, and that was strange.

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Day 4

This recap was provided by luke_12

8:09 A.M.: Billy is in the Diary Room. Big Brother tells him it’s time to receive his next mission. When Billy is told to tend to the animals he must take Hayley with him. Shortly after leaving the Diary Room Big Brother tells Billy it’s time to tend the animals, and to pick one house mate to help him. Andrew says “I’ll do it with you, mate.” another house mate yells out “one of the girls might want to do it.” Someone else yells out “Nah Zoran wanted to go, mate.” Billy tells Hayley that he will take her. She isn’t too sure, but Billy convinces her to come with him. This is the first time Billy and Hayley have been alone to talk about their former relationship. Billy is not allowed to tell her why is he in the house. They enter the barnyard greeting all the animals. Billy asks how strange it was for Hayley when he entered the house. Hayley isn’t sure whether they can talk or not, Billy assures her that they can. Billy had no idea Hayley was in the house before he entered and it was a bit bizarre when he found out. Billy asks how the last couple of days have been and Hayley says stress free until he came. Billy says “It’s not stress free, nothing is stress free in here.” Hayley didn’t expect Billy to be so nice to her and he wonders why she would think that. Billy says that he is just being himself and asks if he is making her feel strange. Hayley says it’s alright. They both agree that people should never know about them.

Bodie is in the Diary Room. He along with most other housemates believe they are the only one given the mission of discovering the secret couple. He tells Big Brother he wants to give him an update on his progress. Hayley, Jamie and Andrew are the only ones that have what it takes to pull it off he says. “But who can really be sure?”
Back in the animal enclosure, Hayley and Billy are still feeding the animals. Billy tells Hayley she doesn’t have to be concerned about him being in the house. Hayley says she’s not. Billy says that she still loves him and Hayley replies that she will always love him, but it would be so weird for some people.

Bodie is still in the diary room. He says if it was Andrew pulling it off the only person that he would be compatible with is Hayley. “Oh, yes there would be some very amused people” says Hayley. They discuss whether Hayley still holds a grudge, she says she never did. Billy asks how her family are going. Over to the lounge room where 6 of the housemates are. They are discussing Billy and Hayley. “Is Billy still milking the cow?” “Takes a while.” After hearing Hayley went in there with Billy, Zoran makes a joke about Hayley milking the cow and then Billy comes up behind her and starts milking too. The housemates laugh and Andrew puts on a bit of a smile.

In the animal enclosure again and Hayley tells Billy the reason they were together was because they get on so well and he agrees. They want to continue getting on in the house. Billy was “a bitch”, after they broke up but she wont say who told her that. Billy said that he was heartbroken, “it sucked.” Big Brother tells them to leave and to take the milk and eggs with them. They kiss and hug, then leave.

9:52 A.M.: Billy and Hayley enter the house telling them they didn’t get to milk the cow today. Andrew asks what they did, and Hayley replies with a list including feeding the animals and giving them “some love.” Someone brings up the non-existent zebra and Hayley says it was cool. Andrew says that they are “so full of crap” and walks off. Hayley and Billy continue trying to convince people there is a zebra in there.

Andrew is washing his hands in the bathroom and walks out into the bedroom. Hayley is there, alone. Andrew asks Hayley how was it and she tells him it was fine, “the usual.” Andrew tells Hayley to check if there are any girls in the toilet. He quickly changes his mind and tells her not to worry about it. Andrew enters the bathroom where Hayley still is and kisses her a couple of times. Hayley walks out with a big smile on her face. Hayley goes to get some clothes and says “An interesting old day, Big Brother.”

2:35 P.M. A few of the house mates are in and around the pool. Zoran lifts TJ above his head while she spreads her arms and legs out, it doesn’t last long. Inside Billy, Bodie and Aleisha are in the bedroom and make a pact. “What two say, the other one has to do.” Bodie decided to put everyone’s pillow in the draw at the end of their beds, except theirs. Jamie, Hayley and Thomas are hanging out in the Chill Out Room. Hayley says she has had the chance to talk to some people she has been having differences with. Jamie inquires about the differences. She says that she has been talking to Andrew, and Billy. Jamie tells her he knew Billy would take her with him to feed the animals. Both Thomas and Jamie tell her that Billy has her in his eyes. Out in the lounge room Bodie pretends to read a letter from Big Brother, to get Emma to join his group (with Billy and Aleisha). He says that he needs to get three people to join his “poss’ e” and they have already completed one task of hiding the pillows earlier. In the bedroom Jamie and Rebecca discover they have no pillows. Back in the lounge room Emma and Aleisha are discussing whether the house mates would be angry at what they are doing. Emma doesn’t care if they do. Aleisha said she wouldn’t care if her pillows were hidden. In the bedroom they find out where the pillow are. Jamie thinks it “seems very Bodie.” Over to the Chill Out Room and this time Andrew, Billy and Zoran are in there. Andrew seems unaware that some house mates think Billy is “having a crack at Hayley.” Andrew says there are a few male housemates showing her attention, such as Billy, Zoran and Thomas. Billy and Andrew agree that it is all a bit of fun.

4:09 P.M.: 6 of the housemates are on the lounge watching the plasma screen which is showing The White Room. Bodie asks Andrew if he would pursue a relationship with any of the females in The White Room. He says that he wouldn’t. In the bathroom Aleisha, Emma, and some other house mates are dressing up for a group discussion they have planned for tonight. Next door in the bedroom, Thomas throws some lip balm to TJ but it doesn’t reach her. TJ says it was lucky because she wasn’t prepared for it and it would have hit her in the head. Thomas gets it again and throws it to her. TJ tells him that she has already used lip balm and her lips are shiny. She asks if Thomas likes it and he says he doesn’t. The house mates have assembled in the lounge for their discussion. Katie says that they should discuss “things that are really pissing us off” and you cannot interrupt someone else. Everyone agrees. Jamie starts by saying how happy he is to be in the house, and acknowledges that sometimes he may be quite. He says that he doesn’t knock back a chat if someone wants to talk with him. He ends by saying everyone is “bloody fantastic.” Katie is next and says that if your going to yell at night go outside, but stay if you can whisper. Rebecca says that she is experiencing a lot of genuine love and affection for all. People start leaving to do the dishes.

8:19 P.M.: Hayley is alone in the bedroom and Andrew comes out of the bathroom. Hayley immediately runs up and hugs and kisses him and then leaves. Bodie, Aleisha and Emma are sitting together outside. Emma and Bodie are discussing how “outright rude” Katie is. Emma mentions how Rebecca was saying how she loves everyone. “I’m just like, you’ve known us four days and you love us? I don’t love you. I don’t even know you.” she says its good people have bonded, but Rebecca has taken it to far. The others are laughing with her. Meanwhile on the opposite side of the yard a few housemates including Katie and Rebecca are dancing and playing. Emma is still talking about Rebecca, “I don’t even know you. Where do you live? Who are you? What’s your mobile number? Do I have your e-mail address? Do we like hang out? No. It’s pathetic.”

10:58 P.M.: The housemates are sitting in and around the spa. Billy comes up with an idea for a game, to speak about the best day of your life. Jamie goes first and talks about his school’s production of Goldie Locks and The Three Bears. Jamie played Little Bear. When he went to say his line in the play he improvised a line and got laughs and applause from the audience. TJ says the best day of her life was when she got reunited with her “other family,” which is her Dad, Step mum and sister. They were separated for 8 years before she tracked them down. She cries while describing them getting out of the car and saying “Welcome home.” Billy tells a story about a day he shared at the beach with Hayley. He said it was a really intense day including lunch and a walk. Katie says that connection happens sometimes with someone new. Bodie asks what happened with her, Billy says it was a one day thing and it has been a while since he has seen this girl.

12:39 A.M.: Thomas has got TJ in The Chill Out room because he wants to discuss her flirting with him. She says the flirting was invited, he’s sorry it was invited. Thomas wonders what the real reason she is flirting with his is. TJ says if she sees something she likes, she will flirt. Thomas tells TJ she is good looking, attractive and “all that sort of stuff” but he is not looking for a relationship. He is flirting with her because it is fun. TJ says he is going to mislead and upset people if he keeps doing that, and it is wrong. TJ flings a bracelet at him and says to keep it. “And I think you should not rub your feet. And I think when you go to sleep you should maybe roll over and face the other way. And I think maybe you should keep your flirtatious crap to yourself.” Thomas says he is really sorry, and TJ says stop apologizing because she will get angry and upset. Thomas said that he got a lot out of this conversation and TJ replies “I bet you did.” “I’m a boy, give me a break.” “27, and still a boy. How. Do. You. Feel?.” “Confused.”

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Lets do the time warp again!

I sat down tonight and didn’t really know what I was watching. At some point throughout the show, if you’ve seen BBUSA, you would have thought to yourself “this has been done before”. Back in BB5USA ex girlfriend-boyfriends were bought into the house, in a very similar twist to what happened tonight to Hayley. Anyway, I don’t mind that twist, so I’m willing to let that one go.

When the 4 losers went into the white room, and I saw a button, I knew I was watching “Solitary”. Solitary is a show where each person sits in a pod and the last person to push the button basically wins. It’s exactly the same deal here in the BB house. While they are in the same room, the last one standing gets a wildcard into the main house.

Lets think about these losers for a moment too. They lost the sms vote, yet they haven’t been discared yet. So why have a sms vote? was it simply a money grabbing exercise? You bet!

And news just through in the last couple of hours, Shilpa from Celebrity Big Brother UK edition is coming to the house. Why does BBAU have a fascination with BBUK and stealing their housemates? Seems ridiculous. And to be honest, having watched BBUK, the girl isn’t even an exciting housemate. Very bland to be honest, and only won because of the racial arguments being thrown around in the house.

Onto something more exciting. Didn’t BBBA have an awesome weekend!? First with the housemate images, first with the news from the launch (well until….you know what happened!), being linked to a sex scandal….all in a days work round here I suppose. But we’ve got the website name out there on opening weekend this time round than any other year. It’s been a great start. Whats more, the website seems to be holding up to the massive amount of hits we’re receiving as well, so it’s excellent all round.

There is one way of stopping people trying to leak information out of the launch as well – have the balls to do it live. The UK can do it, and they obviously love BBUK, so why not give it another go. It went fine in BB3?! It took them close to, if not more than 3 hours to film the other night. Heck I would’ve been bored out of my mind if I was sitting in the audience. And then to make them wait till Monday night to know the twists?! Thats just harsh.

I’ll be back tomorrow with some comments about the actual housemates; thats if they don’t put another 20 in tomorrow night just to confuse me moreso with the names.

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